Siward (Abbot of Abingdon)

Siward (died 1048) was Abbot of Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and Bishop of St Martin's.

Siward was a monk at Glastonbury until he was appointed Abbot of Abingdon in 1030.[1] He was made Bishop of St Martins in 1044, but resigned and died in 1048 (Kelly 2000).

References

  1. ↑ Ford, David Nash (2006). "Siward of Abingdon (d.1048)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  • Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. Anglo-Saxon Charters 7.



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